Chapter 1306

It was still early in the morning, and naturally some people had not yet woken up. Yan Liu thought this to himself as his contemptuous gaze slowly gathered on the envoy below the fortress.

As expected, the other side had only come to go through the motions of urging surrender.

"Listen, you unknown garrison inside Colin Fortress — you have invaded the territory of the Alliance nation's Kilperi Kingdom. The Holy Kingdom commands you to open your gates and surrender at once, or else the iron hooves of the Holy Knights shall trample this fortress flat! Your sin-laden souls shall also be burned to ash by the Holy Flame!"

Once the envoy finished speaking, the rolls of fat on both sides of his cheeks trembled nonstop from his impassioned words of justice, yet the soldiers of the Eternal Night Legion atop the city wall nearly laughed themselves silly.

"These Western Region people really are blind… hahaha."

Yan Liu laughed so hard his stomach hurt, tears streaming from his eyes.

"When it comes to being blind and talking nonsense… your Holy Kingdom absolutely takes first place! Hahahaha!" A captain could not help but shout out, answering the envoy's drivel below.

"You… you… you!"

The envoy's face flushed bright red as he furiously pointed at the soldiers on the city wall, too angry to speak.

"Hmph! A bunch of faithless wretches — I hope you can still laugh later!"

Whoosh!

An arrow was shot by Yan Liu with pinpoint accuracy right in front of the envoy's horse's hooves, while he shouted down toward the bottom: "Get lost! Get lost this instant!!!"

"To hell with your dead man's faith — it's been so many years, and we've never seen that damn Holy King crawl out of his grave to lead you again."

Yan Liu unceremoniously raised his middle finger, despising the envoy below.

This time the envoy's face turned purple with rage, his chest heaving nonstop, as if he could barely contain the fury within him.

"You… you are simply a bunch of heretics! Just you wait!"

The furious envoy wheeled his horse around and rode back toward his own camp.

Once he returned to camp, he embellished the humiliation he had suffered and reported it to the Holy Son and the Holy Kingdom's commanding general. The general flew into a rage on the spot, nearly flipping the entire tent!

"They really said that?"

"Exactly! If I'm lying, I will accept the baptism of Holy Fire!" The envoy hardened his gaze and went all in without hesitation.

"Very good… very good! These damned heretics — I will kill them all, then burn them to ash with Holy Fire!"

The fury in his eyes nearly burst forth. The Holy Kingdom's commanding general was a devout fanatic — in his heart, the Holy King was not only the founding king of the kingdom, but also his lifelong spiritual pillar. That people of the Tianwu Empire dared to humiliate their faith like this was simply denying his very life! Denying everything about his existence!

"Unforgivable!"

He stormed out of the camp and, channeling the magic power within his body, began to roar.

"Loyal believers of the Holy Kingdom — ahead of us… the enemy has humiliated our faith, insulted our Holy King. They are a bunch of heretics through and through, demons without faith. Let us begin the Holy War! Purify them!!!"

"Kill!"

The Holy Kingdom's commanding general raised his battle halberd high, flames of fury burning in his eyes.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

All the soldiers in the phalanxes raised their weapons high, shouting forward with a shared hatred. This tremendous momentum and visual冲击力 was, for the Eternal Night Legion on the city wall, simply a wave of震撼 crashing into them head-on — they set aside their earlier contempt.

There is a limit to horseplay. The earlier humiliation was also to defend their nation's sovereignty. If the enemy turned a blind eye and their own empire's banner hung high, then naturally they would repay tooth for tooth.

Now that the enemy shared a common hatred, naturally they were the same!

"Eternal Night Legion! All hands at the ready, prepare for battle!"

"Yes!?"

The soldiers on the city wall, including those behind it, also shouted out in unison. Though their voices could not match the enemy's, their momentum seemed no less!

"Excellent!"

"I'd like to see just what guts these Westerners have, daring to attack Colin Fortress without bringing any siege equipment!"

Yan Liu kept Lord Xuan Wuji's oral decree firmly in mind. If the enemy only intended to rely on superior numbers, then they would surely defend Colin Fortress to the death! However, since the enemy dared to come without large siege equipment, it meant they likely had attack equipment of a comparable level. He had to be careful too — adapt as the situation demanded!

"Holy Son, when do we launch the attack! Destroy those damned heretics!" After rousing the troops' morale, the Holy Kingdom's commanding general returned to the tent and asked with great deference, addressing the handsome white-robed, golden-haired young man seated on the chair at the side.

Don't underestimate him just because he's young — he is a bona fide Church Holy Son, and also the youngest bishop.

In the general's eyes, the Church Holy Son was already a symbol of the Holy King's representative on earth, and a bishop was even more a devout person who kept the Holy King's teachings close to heart. With the two identities stacked together, it was only natural that he earned the general's respect.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Holy Son's status was only slightly lower than that of a small portion of people within the Holy Kingdom, yet in his hands rested the solemn authority to decide over ten thousand men!